Feed-bag



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FEED BAG.

N0.-5o6,239. Patented-oct. 10,1893.

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llNrTEn STATES PATENT GEEICE.

y MENTS, T20 THE STAR FEED-BAG,

SPECIFICATION forming I Application filed December vZ9,

ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- COMPANY, 0F NEW JERSEY.

part of Lette-rs Patent No. 506,239, dated octoberio, 1893.

issn. sain nu. 416,452. (No maar.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL KLAHN, a citizen of the United States', and a resident of Jersey City, in the county ofrHudson and State of l vent the springs New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Bags,of whichl the following-is a specification.

My. invention relates to'improvements in feed-bags of that class which are provide the action ofwhichf the food within the bag is kept in contact with thev mouth of the horse, and my invention conf' sists of such a feed-bag provided with devices by which the action of the springs is regulated, so that the same cannot be drawn out too far.`

in the accompanying drawings Figure l1 is a longitudinal section of my improved feedbag.. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of thesame in line x m, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

A in the drawings represents the feed-bag which is madey of canvas orlany'other suitable fabric. Two tubes B B of metal or stiff fab feed bag diametrically opposite each other by sewing the canvas covering b of the tubes to the fabric of the bag or, if preferred, by placing thev tubes in the bag and attaching the same firmly to the fab.-4 ric of the bag. SpiralspringsC are inserte` in the tubes B and by their lower endsattached to the stiff bottom a of the bag. :To the upper ends of the springs the neck straps or cords D D are fastened. .l

It is evident that whenthe bag isfilled'with food, the weight 'of th'efoodwillact upon the springs within th'etubesgselfthatthe bag is caused to sink. ."The moreithe quantity of the food is diminished, lthe'inore the bag'is caused to rise by the decreasing` action ofthe weight of the food upon thesprings.

from being drawnA out of the tubes, the latter are covered at their tops, D Dto move up and own. The straps are 'i-oviiiotl'with disks or other stop-devices d? Id* fastened to the same somewhat above the d vided'with top-coverings .fabric of the bag,

the'tubes and A lbag, straps attached to the upper ends of the top coverings of the*t\1bes,and stop-devices d to allow the straps sprig's, which-.stop-devices abut against the; inner surfaces of the .top-coverings of the 5o tubes when the springs are drawn out too far. When the feed-bag is to be used, itis filled with a certain quantity offood, and the neckst'rap is adjusted so that the food is just in contact with the mouth of the horse, the horse 5.5 being thus enabled to conveniently eat the food. lThe tension of the spring C caused by the weight of the food, will be successively. decreased the more the food is consumed`by the horse and,- as the decreasing tension of 5o the spring or elasticpand causes the bagV to rise, lthe food is always-kept in close contact with'the mouth thatany further adjustment ofthe bag is dispensed with after the bag is applied once to the yneck or 65 ,head ofthe horse.

has the advantage My improved feed-bag food without any that the horse can eat the disturbance, as all movements of the head t o 'y reachthe food, after a portion of the same is 7o.- -eaten up, are entirely dispensed with.

I am aware that spiral springs are use lin a similar manner for measuring instruments and balances, but ll those instruments and] apparatus do not show a feed bag of my' spe-l 7 5 cial construction:

In a feed-bag, the combination of tubes proi and'attached tothe spiral springs placed into, fastened to the springs and passing through openings in the attached to the said straps within the tubes and abutting against the top-coverings of;the tubes when the springs are drawn out too far,

substantially as setforth.

the county of New Signed at NewYork,.in York and .State ofNew York, this 10th-day'of 9o DecembelgA-Di1890;4

.EMIL KLAHN.' Witnesses: v

CHARLES KA'Y, THOMAS CONRAD.

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